chase in WordNet English dictionary

1. cut a furrow into a columns
   furrow  chamfer  chase 
   
2. cut a groove into
   "chase silver"
   chase 
   
3. go after with the intent to catch
   "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
   chase  chase after  trail  tail  tag  give chase  dog  go after  track 
   
4. pursue someone sexually or romantically
   chase  chase after 
   

1. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
   "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
   pursuit  chase  pursual  following 
   
2. a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
   chase